Derek Jeter reacts after getting injured during Game 1 of the ALCS last year.

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Paul White
| USA TODAY

Makes you wonder if the New York Yankees have a leg to stand on when they insist they'll be - as usual - in the midst of the American League East race.

"We're still going to have a lot of quality players out there,'' manager Joe Girardi insists. And he's probably right, but not in recent memory have the Yankees gone into spring training so precariously on the edge - on the edge of age issues, on the edge of injury concerns, on the edge of payroll restraints. ...